Birds

Otmoor Barnacle Geese 30th January

Pete Barker found 7 Barnacle Geese this morning near to the 2nd screen on Otmoor

mixed in with the resident Canada Geese. All the Geese were un-ringed and were

gone by midday. Most likely to have come from a feral flock than be 'wild' birds but

worth noting that the free flying Bedfordshire flock is now Cat C.

http://thebritishlist.blogspot.com/2009/01/species-categories.html

Complete weekend round up at...

http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/OtmoorBirding

- Blenheim: Queen Pool: 5th July
1 Common Sandpiper 1 Raven 3 Bar-headed Goose (feral) 8 White-fronted Goose (feral) There are 8 white-fronted type geese in the flock of canada geese. There is quite a colour variation from light to dark. 08:00 (per Bob Pomfret)...

- Cassington Gp's 19th January
35 Snow Geese including 3 blue morph and 2 immatures.This 'feral' flock has been roaming the U.K for several years now and seem to be gaining in number. Well travelled they have been seen as far away as Holland.Will feral Snow Geese...

- Crane Otmoor 7th May
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- Otmoor A.m. 6/2/11.
2 red kite 1 buzzard 200+ lapwing 7 barnacle geese 1500+ wigeon 40+ shoveler Complete weekend round up at http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/OtmoorBirding...

- Otmoor 8th Jan
35+White-fronted Geese c800 Lapwing c150 Golden Plover Merlin Raven (per Pete & Oz) Complete weekend round up on the brilliant... http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/OtmoorBirding...

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